The challenge of working with EMRs can’t be underestimated: sometimes I think charting into the EMR is harder than the medicine I practice! That is why tools such as speech-recognition …

When I talk to clinicians about SayIt, they’re often skeptical at first. “Nothing can make my EMR easier to use,” is a common response. So when they see that SayIt is more than a tool for dictation—that it includes easy-to-use shortcuts and tools to automate EMR macros, populate templates, and maneuver between applications—they get very excited.